Hi Peter, > It is an old computer that has been in storage for a few months. When > I boot I see the option for which OS (Fedora 27) and other historical > ones, but then just the flashing cursor. > > The same if I try and boot from CD, though I did almost get it to boot > kubuntu a few minutes ago from the live CD options menu, but it hung > with a crap graphics screen. I kept pressing the tab key to get here. > > When I changed to the W10 Drive, it got as far as it could on W10, so > that seemed to work.
So it seems to lock up if it's been working hard for a while? If you leave it on Grub's OS-choice menu for 30 minutes, is it still working after it's been sitting idle? Is one of the options a MemTest? That would be quick to load so might succeed if loading is the problem, not need more graphics than Grub, and strain the CPU and RAM. > I haven't discovered where I can set to boot from USB, but It didn't > when I tried. It's an ASUS P5K premium Mobo. Boot device priority: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/10163/Asus-P5k-Vm.html?page=83 Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-03-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
